DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/22 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0952z - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 58.7 - - 59.4 - - 54.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 82 - - 45 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3592 - - 3188 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2638 - - 1707 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4481 - - 4077 - - 936 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 612 - - 942 - - 2825 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 288 - - 232 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 17 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 064 - - 063 - - 050 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -8 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1270 - - 1279 - - -924 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3211 - - 2799 - - 1860 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 305 - - 457 - - -2256 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4176 - - 3620 - - 3192 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 91 - - 93 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 90 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 58.7 - - 59.4 - - 54.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 48.2 - - 50.7 - - 50.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 58.2 - - 59.2 - - 56.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 46.9 - - 49.4 - - 49.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 82 - - 45 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3592 - - 3188 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 64 - - 72 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 8 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 98334 7 187 5 196 1 338 98334 90962 8 225 3 263 1 038 90962 85265 5 237 9 256 6 286 85265 80539 2 244 10 227 10 273 80539 76478 3 307 5 253 4 296 76478 72892 1 290 8 298 9 350 72892 69654 1 041 9 276 12 323 69654 66691 5 314 7 254 10 281 66691 63945 8 288 7 280 7 273 63945 61274 10 274 13 280 10 294 61274 58483 12 266 14 272 15 301 58483 55587 16 265 17 277 17 289 55587 52816 19 269 19 284 16 289 52816 50315 18 275 19 281 17 301 50315 48072 16 282 17 280 22 303 48072 46034 17 285 17 282 25 297 46034 44160 19 280 17 281 26 295 44160 42417 20 271 18 279 26 295 42417 40790 22 260 18 274 24 300 40790 39267 22 248 16 271 22 309 39267 37839 21 238 16 262 22 310 37839 36467 21 234 12 255 24 304 36467 35083 19 232 7 252 16 291 35083 33660 8 216 0 307 14 330 33660 32207 5 120 10 066 14 015 32207 30704 6 111 10 066 11 033 30704 29126 6 118 6 068 7 017 29126 27465 6 159 3 034 7 005 27465 25719 7 192 2 023 8 010 25719 23891 7 200 1 075 7 030 23891 21984 7 196 2 147 6 036 21984 19992 5 175 5 166 7 053 19992 17913 2 199 5 157 8 072 17913 15793 3 215 5 194 10 086 15793 13750 5 210 3 223 11 098 13750 11890 2 201 4 064 10 115 11890 10234 3 111 5 074 6 141 10234 8765 11 084 10 114 10 113 8765 7466 19 092 11 114 14 102 7466 6320 17 098 13 110 16 114 6320 5315 17*081 16 088 18 119 5315 4435 17*069 17*075 19 089 4435 3662 17 067 18*066 25 072 3662 2971 17 065 18 064 24 069 2971 2361 17 063 17 063 23 067 2361 1852 16 062 17 063 21 064 1852 1461 15 062 16 062 18 060 1461 1193 15 062 15 062 13 055 1193 1030 13 061 14 062 11 053 1030 936 10 060 10 061 6*050 936 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography